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Mudras & Hand Symbolism: Hand Mysteries? Part 2

[Note: This paper contains images which return love for hatred, and affection for
may be seen as originally published at anger. Whatever we touch ought to come
our website]The lines on the palms of the from our hearts.The human touch,
hands are believed in the occult science affectionately given, also help to anchor
of palmistry to designate a person's or ground the consciousness of those who
character and changing fate. In all are psychologically disturbed to the
systems of palmistry--Chinese, Hindu, and physical plane and prevent hallucinations
Western, certain portions of the hand and from taking place. Sensory input through
fingers represent the celestial the tactile sense is vital for a balanced
bodies--the sun, moon, and planets. mind. Adults as well as children require
Palmistry tells us that the hands come in it to maintain sanity.The handshake or a
various shapes: "square," "conical," pat on the back from a friend is always
"spatula," etc; each shape with its own reassuring--especially when it comes from
special meaning. The fingers likewise one's Guru. In a stressful period of life
come in assorted sizes hinting of the a massaging hand on the shoulder does
owner's personal psychological wonders to relieve loved ones of tension
constitution. Lines or marks are to be and cause them to relax. The touch is
found on the palms of the hand, and truly magical when we consider how a
throughout life these are constantly mother comforts her innocent babe with
changing in formation. Why lines appear the touch of love. In this respect if
in the hands and may reveal a person's animals had hands they would certainly
character and probable future is a use them to express affection just as
mystery that remains to be solved. One humans do. Lacking them, snouts and beaks
theory is that the lines are caused by are employed instead. Some of course, are
nervous energy or fluid coursing through able to use their cute and sometimes
the physical body leaving its imprint, deadly paws.In many cultures the
its indelible marks on the sensitive, handshake as a traditional custom
impressible palms of the hands. It is originated with the intention of showing
believed that the nature and strength of that no weapons were held concealed in
the marks are determined by the intensity the hand and that the two persons
of this vital-fluid which in turn is involved in the handshake did so in peace
caused by the inherent qualities of the and friendship. Hands behind the back or
indwelling soul. The regulator of this hidden in pockets have always been
nervous-energy appears to be the regarded with suspicion. To the
soul-impressed brain.To explain this in knowledgeable, the handshake reveals a
another way: first, the soul influences lot about a person's characteristics. The
the brain with its innate firm, strong grip often indicates someone
characteristics, its character, then the who is willful, determined, and
brain releases and regulates the disciplined--all leadership qualities.
nerve-energy flowing through the body Weak grips naturally denote weak natures.
which is recorded on the sensitive Gentleness, enthusiasm, energy,
portion of the hands appearing as lines clumsiness, self-confidence, inferiority
and identifiable marks. This theory is complexes, etc.--all these may be sensed
logical but it does not explicitly by the power of the grip, the vigor in
explain how one's "fate" may be indicated which the hand is shaken, the length of
by the etches made upon the palms of the time in which the hand is held, and the
hands. Perhaps we could explain this jerks and movements that it makes.Hands
simply by saying that one's character, are applied for various purposes in daily
beliefs, and attitudes determine to a life. They are used for eating,
large extent one's so-called fate, and so cleansing, working, creating, worshipping
by knowing a subject's psychic make-up it and expressing oneself. Man instinctively
is possible to know his or her probable clasps his hands in prayer--a very
future. For instance, if a subject has a significant mudra that has the power to
slothful character, we could predict that intensify inherent energies and may cause
he or she would experience financial precipitations to take place on the
problems and poor health. This principle physical plane.Ever since bygone days,
is based upon the Law of Cause and Effect hands have been used as a calculating
and is nothing mysterious.Terence Dukes device. The simple counting of the
in his book, "Chinese Hand Analysis," fingers was a universal method applied in
tells us that the hands may be analyzed primitive times. Our most used modern
at different levels, not only from its method of computation utilizes the base
physical aspects, but from its psychic of 10. This is derived from the ancient
constitution as well:"Because of the usage of the ten finger-digits in
principle (Li) of transmutative levels, calculations. Complex systems of counting
it also became possible to interpret a have been devised using the appendages of
hand from its energy flow rather than its the hand. Javanese mystics, for instance,
physical attributes, and the 'psychic' have unique formulas to calculate certain
element (as we would call it today) life's cycles using only their fingers.
became accepted. The interpretation would Hand postures are sometimes used to
differ depending on the level of represent numbers. These manual gestures
paradigmatic and hermeneutical ability for representing numeration have been
of the analyst. From observed hand chiefly employed in the past by the
patterns, a Taoist analyst may be able to Romans and Greeks.There are many
tell that you have rebuilt your home, a functions of the hand that may not be
Chen-Yen Buddhist that your grandmother's replaced by robotics. No mechanical hand
spirit was watching over you, and a may ever offer the same dexterity,
Buddhist-cum-Taoist that your liver was sensitivity, grace, and versatility as a
overworking! The well-trained natural hand would. It took millions of
cheirologist could tell you all three years for man's hands to evolve to its
and more, for such training implies present state of perfection. Man may
trans-level understanding and not just create machines to do the tasks normally
prognostic ability."Whether a coincidence done by his hands, but he will never
or not, the palms show a significant replace them completely by his
number. The figure nineteen in Arabic inventions, just as no supercomputer
numerals may be found etched on them. would ever match the intricacy of the
Using the terminology of palmistry, the human brain--not for a long time yet
figure consists of the "life," "heart," anyway.Hands are used to communicate and
and "head" lines. Nineteen is definitely reveal thoughts. We often use all sorts
esoteric being one of the two numbers of gestures to emphasize or stress
discovered thus far with which the Quran, certain words, ideas and feelings that we
the holy book of Islam is wish to convey or project outwards. This
structured.There are several million is normally done unconsciously without
nerve cells on each fingertip and these any willful intent, executed through
are extremely delicate. The surface of subconscious impulses; at times
these fingertips are covered by ridges willfully, as for instance, the sign of
called rugae, which are developed in the hunger or thirst, or a "come here!" hand
fetus during pregnancy as early as the movement. A whole psychological branch of
eighteenth week. The formation of these study has developed out of these
ridges do not change in life and remains gestures. As part of the study of "Body
until death. They cannot be obliterated language," hand gestures have become an
by any process. Accidents may efface important subject in understanding the
them, but as the skin recovers, the operations of the human psyche and human
original pattern appears once again.That behavior.Sign language uses the media of
each individual has a different set of the hands in order to communicate. When
fingerprints were observed by ancient forced to interact with someone speaking
people and they utilized this to identify a different language we often make use of
themselves to others. For instance, the signs. The American Indians, for
ancient Assyrians and Chinese made use of instance, developed their own forms of
fingerprints to sign legal documents in sign languages to communicate with tribes
the same manner that we use signatures. not of their own native tongue. Things of
Technically, the study of the nature, ideas, emotions, and sensations
well-defined patterns of ridges on the all have their particular hand-sign. The
fingertips is known as dermatoglyphics.It gestures that the American Indians
is believed that the modern study of possessed were elaborate enough to
dermatoglyphia or fingerprints were first carry-out a detailed non-verbal
conducted by the Czech physiologist conversation. Other races or cultures
Johannes Evengelista Purkinje in the 19th have also developed their own sign
century. Some time later, the British languages such as to be found in certain
scientist Sir Francis Galton proposed the cultural groups in Assam, Eastern India,
use of fingerprints for identification and of the Aborigines in Australia. In
purposes as did his ancient predecessors. modern times manual gestures have been
Modern fingerprinting was first developed for the deaf.Aside from
pragmatically implemented by British lip-reading, the deaf are often taught to
police officer Sir Edward Richard Henry communicate through definite forms, signs
(1857-1930) in Bengal, India in the 1890s or poses of the hand. In this
to identify criminals.What is the occult communications system, there are
explanation of the unique patterns of our basically two types of signs: natural
finger ridges? As understood signs and systematic signs. Natural signs
metaphysically, physical man is an stand for objects and ideas whereas
expression of the Soul. Patterns upon systematic signs stand for word-by-word
fingertips are caused by the Higher Self, or letter-by-letter renderings of the
or the Ego stamping its identity upon the written language.Among the disabled, the
tissues of the body by way of the blood blind likewise benefit from their hands
and forming ridge patterns to be found by reading words in Braille. In
nowhere else in the world. Since each contemporary times, the hands are used
person has his or her own Ego, unlike extensively in the art and science of
animals, each individual is unique, speed reading by those who seek to
"one-of-a-kind," like a facet of a cut augment and optimize the volume of their
diamond that has its own effulgent glory. reading input and comprehension
As we have said previously, the hands are ability.Sign language has also been
reflective of man's inner being. The successfully used to communicate with
uniqueness of the Soul may be seen in its animals--with the anthropoids in
shadow, the physical body, together with particular. It has been observed by
its micro-components.The tactile sense is researchers that apes have a large
believed to be the most complex of the capacity to memorize and perhaps
five senses. It is said to possess at understand hundreds of signs representing
least eleven distinct sub-senses. There abstract concepts.The sensitivity of the
are millions of sensory end organs in the fingers of the hands may be increased in
skin. There are sensory detectors of order to sense colors and energies as
cold, heat, pain, texture, pressure, etc. alluded to above. Psychometry, for
These senses work through the central instance, is the occult art of reading
nervous system. There are also subtle energies in objects so as to uncover
senses of the skin related to the their personal history. This is
autonomic or sympathetic nervous system. especially done through the media of the
These subtle senses capture energies hands. Impressions are received through
vibrating beyond the energy-spectrum the autonomic nervous receptors in the
perceptible to the five senses. The hands and conveyed to the brain for
occasional twitching of the eyes, ears, translation into images, thoughts and
and various parts of the body that have feelings. In yoga teachings, the term
time immemorial been attributed by sparsha (lit. "touch") denotes
occultists to metaphysical forces are superperception of the tactile sense, of
actually true in fact. The subtle senses which development is a by-product of
of the skin are ultra sensitive to meditation.Hands are often used in
thought and emotional force emission healing. Perhaps one of the most famous
whether from an internal or an external mystical brotherhoods of the past to
source. The belief that when the right apply the life energy emanating from the
eye twitches means that "someone is hands therapeutically were the
thinking of you," reveals a basic occult Rosicrucians. The members of this
truth often derided by skeptics.The spiritual organization practiced the
sensitivity of our skin differ in the "laying-of-hands" like their ancient
various parts of our body. The fingertips counterparts, the Therapeutae in Egypt
and mucous membranes, as an example, are and the Essenes that lived along the
more sensitive than most parts of the shores of the Dead Sea. In past
physical structure. According to centuries, western occultists like
embryologists, our skin is sensitive to Paracelsus and Anton Mesmer similarly
light and is convertible to sight made use of this etheric nerve-energy
receptors. They explain that small cells, emanating from the hands for healing
called ocelli, are to be found all over purposes, the latter calling it "animal
the skin, and that these cells resemble magnetism." Ancient Greeks called people
miniature eyes. Among the body parts that who healed with the power of their hands,
are sensitive to light are the forehead, "cheirourgos," meaning "hand-workers."
chest, cheeks, temples, and hands. It is The word "surgeon" is derived from this
no wonder that some people are said to Greek term. The ancient Egyptians
have the unusual ability to sense colors believed that the hands emanated a force
or even "read" words through their filled with healing and life-giving
fingertips.There is an amazing soothing properties. They called this force
power in the hands. We often use it to sa-ankh. Other ancient cultures called
comfort and delight another by touching, this power by various names. That man
caressing, and stroking. We please and emanate energy from the hands is the
tease our loved ones with our playful reason why some individuals are said to
fingers. In romance the touch of the hand have "green thumbs," meaning that plants
is as essential as the kiss. In Act II, are sympathetic to such persons and the
Scene II of "Romeo and Juliet," a famous life-giving force that they radiate and
Shakespearean play, the young Romeo while respond by growing healthy foliage and
admiring Juliet from afar wishes that he producing abundant fruits. Everyone
were a glove on her hand caressing her emanates magnetic rays from their hands
cheek:"See how she leans her cheek upon and fingertips. Healers naturally have a
her hand! O that I were a glove upon that much more powerful flow.That power flows
hand, That I might touch that from the palms is recognized by the monks
cheek!"Human hands are fascinating, and priests of Buddhists monasteries in
enchanting and evocative. They often fill China in past centuries. Mainly used in
us with wonder with their beautiful or therapeutics and the martial arts, "the
repulsive appearance. The pioneer of Buddha Palm" as it is called, has found
modern western palmistry, d'Arpentingny, its way to our modern world and into the
expresses it eloquently:"there are hands Occident.Hands may be luminescent under
which naturally attract us, and there are the right conditions. The Jews have
hands which excite in us repulsion. I observed that the hands of holy people at
have seen hands which seemed covered with prayer often become incandescent;
eyes, so sagacious and so penetrating was Christians likewise believe that the
their experience. Some, like those of the fingertips of saints often shoot forth
sphinx, suggest an idea of mystery; some rays of light.It is proven with modern
betray recklessness and strength, Kirlian and high-frequency photography
combined with activity of body, others that the hands and physical body emits
again indicate laziness and energy. These modern devices reveal
cunning."Doctors and scientists have indubitably in a concrete manner how we
recorded the fact that the lack of are surrounded by our own personal
touch--of fondling, petting, and bioluminescent magnetic-field that
caressing of babies and children cause otherwise may only be seen through
them to suffer psychologically and etheric sight.The human aura is generally
physically--their emotional condition heterogeneous in its various layers and
being affected even in their adult years. sections. Each part of the body emanates
Children are most vital and healthy when a different force in accord with its
exposed to an affectionate dose of touch. state of vigor and vitality. The diverse
Generally, children who receive more hugs energies of Man's aura, or bio-magnetic
from their parents grow taller and more field may be detected through the hands.
intelligent than those who do not. Negative, sickly, or congested energies
Autistic children who are disturbed, in the aura may be sensed by the trained
withdrawn, and frightened respond to hugs hands through the sensations of density,
and caresses more readily than they do to heat, coolness, electrical tingling, etc.
any cold clinical treatments. The loving In conjunction with this, the hands are
touch is therapeutic and can be more also used to clear or balance energies in
potent than pranic or Reiki healing the aura. Hands are certainly great
treatments that are apathetically and instruments used in most alternative
mechanically given.We often wonder why therapies.Why some are left-handed and
without the touch of loving hands we find not right-handed may seem a mystery to
our lives empty, meaningless, and some. There are those who believe that
burdensome. We seem to lose a sense of this is inherited; however, this cannot
purpose, enthusiasm, and self-motivation. be conclusively proved. A plausible
Metaphysics has an explanation: energy answer from the metaphysical point of
when imbued with a certain characteristic view, is that this is a karmic habit and
becomes a force that when emitted from a is related to a past life injury upon the
person may cause changes in the ambient major hand. Incapacitated in the use of
surroundings. When such a force is tinged the right hand, the soul intelligence was
with the power of love and affection it forced to apply the minor hand in daily
uplifts all that it comes into contact activities. This became habitual and was
with. Human beings, animals, and even later carried over to a future
objects that receive such a force are incarnation where it still remained for
transformed and ennobled. This is the the soul the hand of major use.
reason why it is always preferable to




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